Senior Security Engineer

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The Work

As a Senior Security Engineer, you will help Ripple design and build secure applications and infrastructure at scale. You will work closely with different Engineering teams to ensure we are building securely to protect our business and our customers.

What You'll Do

• Be a security advocate and domain expert within the organization and be able to communicate security risk and concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Lead initiatives with Engineering teams to optimize threat models and mitigate risks.
• Encourage a positive security culture across the Engineering organization.
• Relentlessly champion for security outcomes on behalf of our customers.
• Work with other engineering leaders to embed security into day-to-day development processes.
• Help proactively assess security risk through product deep dives, threat modeling, and design, architecture and implementation reviews.
• Review and improve existing security processes related to product assessments, pen testing, and bug bounty findings.
• Develop product security controls and supervising strategies to grow our threat detection capabilities.
• Seek opportunities for security tooling and automation.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of proven experience securing enterprise applications and infrastructure, preferably in the Crypto and FinTech space.
• Experience with the application of threat modeling and other risk identification techniques.
• Strong understanding of the OWASP top 10, including details of common vulnerabilities and emerging threats.
• Experience with authentication and authorization standards, including OAuth and SAML, and their weaknesses.
• Detailed knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and the development of exploits.
• Experience with Cloud Computing providers like AWS, GCP, Azure.
• Problem solving skills to resolve problems effectively and creatively while maintaining a high level of flexibility, professionalism, and integrity

Who We Are

Do Your Best Work

• The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
• A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
• Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
• In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.
• Bi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
• We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!

Take Control of Your Finances

• Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
• Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
• Employee giving match

Take Care of Yourself

• R&R days so you can rest and recharge
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
• Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
• Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits.
• Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events

Benefits listed above are for full-time employees.

Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We do not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by local law or ordinance.